A DOWNINGS born priest has received a Papal appointment which will see him being responsible for seminaries and the formation of priests around the world.
The Vatican this week announced that Monsignor Eamonn McLaughlin has been appointed by Pope Francis to the position of adjunct under-secretary of the Formation Office of the Dicastery for the Clergy.
This means he is now one of the senior officials in the congregation of clergy around the world.
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Monsignor McLaughlin served in Raphoe diocese as a Curate in Fintown, Leitirmacaward and Doochary and as a Curate in St. Eunan’s Cathedral in Letterkenny.